@clacke debunked: the forging was actually done by a blacksmith. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/when-terry-pratchett-was-knighted-he-forged-his-own-sword-out-of-meteorite-10104321.html
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Björn Lindström (bkhl@social.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 11:01:50 UTC Björn Lindström - Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 likes this.
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Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 11:01:52 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 > This is just a reminder that when Sir Terry Pratchett was knighted, he dug up his own iron ore, learned to smelt, smelted it, added meteorite iron, learned to forge, and *forged himself a starmetal sword*. As you do. In conversation permalink Attachments